Jayalalithaa's seat falls vacant: Notification after receiving copy of verdict, say authorities

, Sept 28:

assembly Secretary AMP Jamaludeen on Saturday said that the Secretariat would be able to notify the vacancy in the Srirangam constituency, held by AIADMK chief and former chief minister J

, only after receiving a copy of the judgment of the Special Court that convicted the leader and three others on Saturday, a

said.

Jamaludeen, when asked about the notification, said they could not go by the media reports, the Hindu added.

Jayalalithaa, her aide Sasikala and two others were convicted in the 18-year-old disproportionate assets case and were slapped huge fines by the special court. John Michael d'Cunha was the judge who gave the verdict.

By-election needs to be held within six months from the date when a constituency falls vacant. As Jayalalithaa lost her MLA status, Srirangam would have to go the bypoll to elect a new representative to the assembly.

Jayalalithaa won the Srirangam seat against DMK's N Anand by a margin of over 41,000 votes. She bagged 1,05,328 out of 1,78,646 votes polled in the election, the Hindu said.

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